Air-purifying apparatus.



No. 813,217. I PATENTBD PEB.20,1906.

J. H. .KINEALY- AIR PURIPYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MARA?, 1-905. h

l PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906'l J. H. KINEALY.

AIR PURIPYING APPARATUS. I APPLICATION FILED MARA?, 1905.

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To au whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN H. KINEALY, a

. citizen of theUnited States, residin at Fer- 1guson, county of St. Louis, State of issouri, ave invented a new and useful Improvement in Air-Puriing Apparatus, of which the following is a lll, clear, and exact specipanying drawings, whic had to the accomform a part thereof.

M invention relates to that type of airur' ying a paratus used in connection`with eating an ventilati'ngsystems wherein the iication, reference beinlgq air is freed of impurities by bein washed and tion is to then the moisture taken up by, t e air duringthe washing process is extracted from the air by means of a moisture-eliminator.

The object of In invention is to make the air supplied to bui dings for ventilating purposes o ean and sanitary by freeing it of impurities; and a further object of my inven- (prevent damage to furniture of schools an other ventilated buildings by avoiding the introduction of dust and dirt; and a still further object of my invention is to cool the air introduced for ventilatin puroses in warm weather, so` as to make t e .air Inide of the building cooler than the air outs1 e.

In its broadest form my invent-ion consists of an apparatus for washing the air by Inaking it come in contact with abody of water,

thus removin the dust and dirt, and then drying the air y assing it through an eliminator consisting o delecting-plates for alternately deiiecting the air downward and upward, said deiiectinglates being slightly inclined to the horizonta in the direction of their length and the plates for deilecting the airA u ward being provided at their lower edges wlth .gutters to carry away the Water taken from the air. f

In its best form my invention consists of an apparatus for washing the air b means of an air-washer having a assage plates for delecting the air upward being corrugated and provided at their lower edges wlth gutters to carry away the water taken from'the air.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application led March 17, 1905. Serial No. 250.654.

or the air and a transverse wall o 'downward-falling'.

My invention is fully shown inthe accom- .pan ing drawings, where similar letters are use to designate similar parts.

Figure 1 shows a form of my invention Wherem the washer consists of a sheet or screen of water through which the air is blown and where the plates for deilecting the Patented Feb. 20, 1906.

air upward lare planeand not corrugated.

Fi 2 shows a view of the'apparatus'shown in ig. `1 as seen by an observer standing in v front of the washer and-looking in' the direction of the flow ofithe air through the apparatus. Fig. 3 shows the form of my .invention which I refer. I-Iere the air is washed by bein ma e to pass through what I term a wal of downward-fallmg water in a s rayed or finely divided condition. The

rops or streams of water fall vertically, but have spaces between them. The air in assing throu h this wall zlgza s back and Orth through t e downward-ial ing streams, and

it is not necessary to blow a hole through such a wall as it is when a sheet or screen of water is used. By making the wall of a proper thickness all of the air in its passage through it will be brought at some time or other in contact with the water and the air will be thoroughly washed and freed of dirt and impurities. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show details of the apparatus.

In Figs. l and 2, A representsthe plates for dei'l'ecting the air downward; B, the plates for deilecting the air upward; C, the gutters at the lower edges of the lates B for carrying -away the water taken om the air; D, the pipe for supplyin water to the washer; E, spray-nozzles or orming a sheet or screen of water; G, vertical gutters for carrying the water from the gutters C to the gutter H at the bottom of the eliminator; H, a gutter for carrying the Water from the eliminator, and M a de ression into which the water from the sheetA falls.

The spray-nozzles El must be put as close together as is necessary to form a continuous sheet or screen'of water between the sides I, the top and bottom of the thoroughfare for the air.

The details of the gutters Gare shown in Figs. 4 and 5. There is one of these gutters lat thelower ends of each series of upward- IOO ITO.

the air. This vertical strip prevents the wain the figures it is shown placed back of C.

Fig. 4 shows avertical view, and Fig. 5 a plan, of this gutter .and its connection to the gutter C.

In Fig. 3, Areprcsents the plates for deflect:

ing the air downward B ,the corrugated plates for deflecting the air upward; C, the gutters at the bottom of the plates; D, the ipe forsupf plying the water to the washer a spray-'box some ofthe moisture.

aving a-perforated bottom K, through which the water passes downward, forming a wall L of downward-falling water in a finely-divided state, and M is a depression into which the water drops. l

Fig. 6 shows an enlarged view of the sprayboX J and'the perforated bottom K. This bottom has a number of fine holes vThe o eration of the apparatus is as fol- -lows: W en the air is blownv or drawn throu h the ap aratus, it comes' in contact with t e sheet olwater F or the wall of water L and is freed of' dirt and other impurities. The air then passes to the eliminator, where it strikes the first row of`the plates A, by which it is deflected downward. The air strikes the :bottom o'I' these plates and by rubbing on their surfaces is made to de osit This moisture offthel lower edges of the plates A into l gutters of the plates B. After the ajnhas passed theflrst row of downward-deectin plates it strikes the 'surface of the first row o upward-delecting plates B. Here-a part of the moisture is taken from the air, and since these plates are inclined to the horizontal inl the direction of their length this, moisturey runs down the plates toward theirlower ends',l If the plates B are not corrugated the whereas if they be corrugated some of the water will run down into the gutters C,

water will'run lengthwise of the plates toward their'lower ends in the corru ations.- The corrugations on the plates B'tenfI to being alternately deflected,l downward .and

' upward' and beingfreed'of moisture ly beingectingi made to come in contact withthe de plates A and B. The watertaken from the air runs to the-lower ends'of the plates B and from there runs down the" pression M or to `s'ome placeoutside of`the n eliminator.

' .The advantage of the form' of'eliminator here shown is that 'the air entering the elimi-` revent water which may be deposited on t em, from bein blown upward and over the top? edges, an theyalso aid' in freeing the. air ofvr `.moisture by presenting irregularities uponl which the ttersG-into thev gutter H, by which -it 'is le either to'the'de- @essere each strata is treated independent of those above or below. In the case of eliminators having vertical deflecti'ng-plates, the moisture taken from the air at the upper part of the eliminator runs alon the vertical plates toward the bottom and `comes in contact with'the air flowing throughthe -lower part of the eliminator. The result is that in such 4forms of eliminators the air at the lower part is contaminated by the water and coarser particles of dust and'dirt taken from the air at the upper part ofthe eliminator.

Washing the aircools it', so that by using cold or cool water in the washer .in warm Weather the air may be coolerwhen leaving the apparatus than when enteringand thus the air supplied; to a buil vfor Ventilating purposes may be made coo rv than the'air outside.

In the drawings I haveshown three series of plates for deflectin the air downward and three series for deiecting the air upward g'but the number of the cplates may be varied toysuit made of any suitable material'and its size and` ment, and size of the holes Vin the perforated plate K of the spray-box .I `maybe variedto` suit the requirements of each, articularcase..

' What I claim as new, and esire. to secure Letters Patent for, is-

1. In an air-purifyingzapparatus, an air-vv washer, and awat'er-eliminator consisting of deflecting-plates for alternately delecting the vIOQ Iairdownward and u ward, said deflectiig-f tal in the carry away the water, s y

u stantia scribed.. A

washer consistingof'a thoroughfare :for the vair and a transverse walloflverticall dropleping waterin a sprayed or finely-divi ed con-v 'plates bein slightly. inclined to .thehorizon- 4 ection fof their length,.. and the 'plates for delecting' the air u wardbeing.,l provided at their lower edgpswith ttersdtojdition,l and 'a .waterelimiiiator consisting Of -deiiectingfplates. for. alternately. deflecting.;-- -v the air downward and u ward, said`deiIect--, ing-plates being slightly inclined to the-heli? zontal in the direction of their le th, and the-- plates for deflectingthe airLiipwar being pro vided .with gutters at their. lower.. edges to carryaway the water, u substantially as de f scribed. x

3. `In annairpuriyinglfapparatus, an air-l washen'and a watereliminator consisting-,off i delec -plates for .alternatelyy A.deilecti1i`gthe. air ownward and u wlard5'said'deilectev ing-plates `being slightly inclined to .the zontal in the' direction pf their length,.and the' plates for, deectin-irthe upward maar@ and provided at their lower ed es with gutters to carry away the water, sustantially as described.

4. ln anair-puriying apparatus, an air.- 5 washer consisting of. a thoroughfare for the air and "a transverse wall of downward-falling water inA a sprayed or finely-divided condition, and a water-eliminator consisting of dellecting-plates for alternately deflecting no the air downward and upward, said deflect- -ing-plates being slightly mclined to the horizontal in the direction of their length, and the plates for deflectin the air upward bein corrugated in the irection voi' their lengt @5 and provided at theiry lower edges with gutters to carry away the water, substantially as described.

5. In an air-purifying apparatus, an airwasher consisting of a thoroughfare for the .en air and a transverse wall of downward-'falling water in a sprayed or iinely-divided condition, and a water-eliminator consisting of de- {lecting-plates for alternatelyv deiiecting the air downward and upward, said dellectinglates being' slightlyinclined to the horizontal in the direction of their length, the plates for deflecting the air upward being corrugated in the direction of their length and provided at their lower ed es with utters to carry away 3o the water, an means or ca 'ng eliminator the water flowing om the gutters of said upward-deflecting plates, substantially as described. 6.1In an air-purifying apparatus, a thor- 375 oughfarefor the air, a spray-box Varranged 'ing om the with gutters to ca from the transversely to the thoroughfare at the top thereof, a pipe for suplplying water to' the s ray-box, deliecting-p ates for alternatel l eliecting the air downward and u war saiddeflectin -platesbeingslightlyinc edto 4o the horizontal 1n the direction of their length, v the plates forl dellectingthe air upward being corrugated in the direction of their length and provided at their lower edges with gutters to carry away 'the water, and means for 4 5 carr g from the eliminator the water owtters' .of said upward-deflecting plates, su stantially as described. 7. In an air-purifying apparatus, a thoroughfare for the air, a spray-box arranged 5o transversely to the thoroughfare at the top thereof, a pcipe'for supplying water to said spray-box, ellecting-p ates for alternately eflecting the air downward and upwar said deecting-plates being slightly inclined 55 to the horizontal in -the direction of their length the plates for dellecting the air upward being provided at their lower edges -awa the water, 'and means for ca 'I g rom t e eliminator-the water flowing om the gutters of said upward-deflecting plates, substantial1y"as described.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 6 5l two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. KINEALY.

Witnesses: f

BEN BLUHM, LILLIE MAURER. 

